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Cazena
Instant managed cloud data lake SaaS from the Netezza founding team.
Stage
acquired
Status
acquired
Coverage
full
Why Cazena is interesting
Cazena automated data-lake provisioning for analytics teams — a16z seed/Series A before Cloudera bought it for ~$58M in 2021.
Key facts
- Acquired by Cloudera (Jun 2021): ~$57.8M; instant cloud data lake (Cloudera press)
- Series B (Jul 2015): $20M led by Formation 8; a16z, North Bridge participated (TechCrunch)
- Series A (Oct 2014): $8M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
- Source: https://www.cloudera.com/about/news-and-blogs/press-releases/2021-06-01-cloudera-agrees-to-acquire-saas-companies-datacoral-and-cazena.html
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Last updated: 2026-07-24